How did you choose your goal weight?

I came into this with a huge goal to be back at my pre-pregnancy weight of 150. After I had my daughter 17 years ago I have hovered around the 180 mark. I’m 5’9” so I never looked that heavy but never felt good in my skin. When I turned 53, I started gaining at an unbelievable pace (especially around the middle). Peri-menopause came on like a lion and took over my body and mind. Got the mind part fixed with some hormone replacement and now working on the horrendous weight gain. SW 209 CW 191 GW 150. I started my Tirz journey on August 26th and am currently taking 3.5mg a week. Going low and slow is my motto. I’m motivated and haven’t felt this good in many years. I appreciate each and every one of you on this journey with me. So glad I found my way here.
 
I'd like to be below 20% body fat, currently about 23%. For the record I'm a M, SW: 225lb, CW: 185lb, GW: 175lb.
 
Ah…such a great question. I reached and bypassed my goal weight 5 years ago and managed to maintain for about a year before slowly gaining about half back. This was all pre-glp1s. From my highest weight to my lowest I lost over 100 pounds with ups and downs over several years. The goal post kept moving and in my final push I was counting every macro and strength training 1-2 hours/day 5 days a week and got very lean at 18% BF. No surprise, this was unsustainable and my mind and body rebelled. In retrospect, I was overdoing it and I really just didn’t know how to ease into maintenance after being focused on trying to lose weight most of my adult life.

This, hopefully, last time around there is no “final” goal. I definitely want to get out of overweight territory and want to maintain strength, fitness, and health. But there is no magic number I will arrive at and say ‘okay, I’m done now’ because the real work continues in maintenance. I know I need to be more vigilant about my weight than others but it does get tiresome thinking about it all the time. GLP1s have eased some of this mental burden for me. When I first started, I thought I’d just do a year to help get the weight off but now I realize I will likely be on them in some form for the rest of my life. And it’s not like the pounds are flying off and it’s so easy. I’m still doing the work, it just no longer feels like a battle.

Congrats on your weight loss and being skinnier than your hubby! My hubby enjoys lean genes and has a Brad Pitt (from the Thelma and Louise days) physique with little effort. I got thinner than him for 2 minutes 🤣. Embrace your achievement and start thinking about other non-weight oriented goals. Don’t focus on just a scale number. Make sure to buy some new clothes to match your new form.
 
I say let it settle where it settles if it’s at a healthy weight. I’m 5’8. Goal was 165. Currently 144. I’m in maintenance. This is the lower side of my maintaining…I typically go up and down 145-150…even though there has been a slight trend down over the past months. My body picked this and it’s not hard to maintain….on a GLP!!!!!
 
I'm 46F, 5'4" HW 210 SW 189 CW 175. I know a lot of people dread the BMI calculation, but it works for me, petite sedentary female. I have my goals set into stages, my first goal is to get out of the obesity range and into overweight, so that's 170 lb.
Next is to get into the normal range, with 25 BMI, so that's 150 lb.
After that, my next target is "middle of the way" ~22.5ish BMI with 132 lb.
My final target, and that's where I want to stop for maintenance is the lower end of normal BMI ~20, which puts me between 112-120 lb. I was my healthiest when I was there, and it gives me wiggle room to adapt.

It's an aggressive final goal, and there's a chance that I can't really reach it at my age, with a bunch of metabolic issues and being in perimenopause. Honestly ANY progress towards a healthy weight is a win. And I understood early on that I'll need GLP-1s for life.
 
Galora said:
I'm 46F, 5'4" HW 210 SW 189 CW 175. I know a lot of people dread the BMI calculation, but it works for me, petite sedentary female. I have my goals set into stages, my first goal is to get out of the obesity range and into overweight, so that's 170 lb.
Next is to get into the normal range, with 25 BMI, so that's 150 lb.
After that, my next target is "middle of the way" ~22.5ish BMI with 132 lb.
My final target, and that's where I want to stop for maintenance is the lower end of normal BMI ~20, which puts me between 112-120 lb. I was my healthiest when I was there, and it gives me wiggle room to adapt.

It's an aggressive final goal, and there's a chance that I can't really reach it at my age, with a bunch of metabolic issues and being in perimenopause. Honestly ANY progress towards a healthy weight is a win. And I understood early on that I'll need GLP-1s for life.
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I think the small goals along the way are great. It keeps you motivated as you see your progress. I’m the same height as you (funny I don’t consider myself petite 😂) and always wanted to be 128. But I’m now post-menopausal and would be thrilled at 135. It seems more realistic but I’m honestly hoping my body will continue to lose and get me to 120s. We shall see.
 
I have been less concerned about GW as I am about the clothes I fit into and my overall body shape. I'm a 6'1" 50yo male who started at around 286. When I was at my best weight I was at about 190. But I was also in my 20s... so that seems unrealistic at my age. So I just want to be in the mid-range of "Overweight" from a BMI standpoint ("Normal" for me is 185 which is a pipe dream. I have old clothes that I would love to fit in again... so that is mainly what I am using. I started in July and even though I am only down about 25lbs I have already gone down 2 belt sizes and have bought smaller pants. So for me its more about that than a number.
 
6'2 and i had a goal of 200, but right now I'm 215 and still pretty damn fat in the chest / stomach area so I've now moved my goal down to 175ish, which is what the BMI charts all say. I do think there is some merit in the BMI numbers, hopefully I will get there and see. much easier to gain back weight then to lose it 🙂
 
octoroach said:
6'2 and i had a goal of 200, but right now I'm 215 and still pretty damn fat in the chest / stomach area so I've now moved my goal down to 175ish, which is what the BMI charts all say. I do think there is some merit in the BMI numbers, hopefully I will get there and see. much easier to gain back weight then to lose it 🙂
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There is a reason BMI is used in medicine, it is a good standard measurement to indicate health risk factors with a very simple calculation.

But people love to hate it because it sometimes is silly, it will for example have it's limitations for:

*Individuals with high muscle mass
*Individuals which some reason have significantly reduced muscle mass
*Children and teens, but still rather accurate with the correct age and sex-specific percentile charts
*Different body compositions

It is accurate for 80-85% of the general adult populations
The remaining 15-20% - including athletes, the elderly, and those with atypical body compositions- may not get an accurate health assessment based solely on BMI.

And it is a screening tool, not a diagnostic tool.
 
Im a 51m, 5’11”, SW was 271 (my heaviest ever) on July 2nd, CW is 214 (3 months in) so 57lbs down. My original goal was/is 185lbs which would be 86lbs to lose which seemed insane to me. It’s been literal decades since i was even near that weight. And in reality i dont think i was that weight since about 18-20yrs old. But BMI says i should be 165-170lbs. I havent been that weight since i was like 15yrs old. So i dont think that would be healthy for me. I do think 185 is good. But if i get there and still aren’t where i need to be looks/feel wise ill adjust to 175. Don't think i can go lower than that without looking sickly. I feel 1000% better at 214 than i was at 271 and havent been this slim since 12 years ago and that only lasted a month or two before putting the weight back on. So I’m giving myself more leeway and grace going forward. My goal was to go from 271 on July 2nd to 185 by years end. And it may still happen, but i feel so much better and am going in the right direction, and since cost isnt an issue anymore with buying kits, I’m not going to be too hard on myself if it doesn’t happen by years end. I know ill be sub 200 at the very least by then and that in itself is huge! Im also in the process of buying a house in another state and then having to pack all my shit and move and get settled into a new life is stressful enough and know things aren’t going to go as smoothly the next couple months. So I’m giving myself some room to mess up and to slow the weight loss some until i get moved which will probably be around years end. Then i can buckle down again and go the rest of the way. But i hope everyone here gets to where they are happy and healthy. Good luck all!
 
MrsRoper_1977 said:
After all this time this is my first thread to start. But because of a goal I reached today I wanted to ask you all this.

So how are you deciding on your goal weight?

For myself, I initially wanted to weigh less than 200 and be in “onderland.” Well that wasn’t enough. Then I wanted to get out of the obese category on the BMI chart. I wanted to have a 100-pound loss. Ok, so I’ve met all of these.

Well my most recent goal was to weigh less than my husband (he’s not overweight). Guess what?! I met that goal today.

So now I can’t decide on my final goal. I’m 16 pounds from my wedding weight 34 years ago. Sounds like my next goal.

But my final goal, is that it? Do you pick a number that sounds good or do you wait and see where your body naturally stops? Just curious on your thought process of deciding. TIA.
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OMG. I was just typing the same question!

Fyi, before you decide on a weight-- consider DOSE. Ie, how soon will you max out on your GLP? For ex, in a perfect world, one would have a maintenance dose of up to 50%. RETA maxes out at 12mg dose. So, ideally 6mg or less would be an ideal maintenance dose. This way, in the future (years from now), if you need to increase the dose, you are still well below 12mg. However, if you are already at 10mg now- you will be maxed out as soon as 1 or 2 years perhaps. Otherwise, after that, you may be forced to switch to another GLP. Wouldn't it be nice to stay on your current GLP the rest of your life? (If it's working well for you.)

My weight goal is to TOUCH the Normal BMI weight range. I'm not trying to be in the middle-to-low range of it. Even if I touch it my 1 pound, psychologically I feel like I'm in the "normal" range of what my doctor recommends. If I don't meet this goal, it's ok!

Yesterday was the first time someone said: "Did you lose weight? You look nice." I've lost 50 lbs. Thus, losing 30 more lbs to reach the BMI goal may be too extreme, but I'm losing weight for personal reasons, not for other people's reactions. You've got this!
 
MrsRoper_1977 said:
After all this time this is my first thread to start. But because of a goal I reached today I wanted to ask you all this.

So how are you deciding on your goal weight?

For myself, I initially wanted to weigh less than 200 and be in “onderland.” Well that wasn’t enough. Then I wanted to get out of the obese category on the BMI chart. I wanted to have a 100-pound loss. Ok, so I’ve met all of these.

Well my most recent goal was to weigh less than my husband (he’s not overweight). Guess what?! I met that goal today.

So now I can’t decide on my final goal. I’m 16 pounds from my wedding weight 34 years ago. Sounds like my next goal.

But my final goal, is that it? Do you pick a number that sounds good or do you wait and see where your body naturally stops? Just curious on your thought process of deciding. TIA.
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First of all CONGRATS! <3 🙂 Woohooo!Then: Here is what I do .... the recommended Body weight index for normal weight is between 18.5 and 25 % ...... I am going for 22.5 % which at 5'8" is 148 lbs. If anyone else has a nerdy side, likes to approach it with math and needs a link to calculate what you want to create: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
Curiosity: How is everyone dealing with the extra skin issue? Especially those of us over 50? Help please?
 
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morganite said:
First of all CONGRATS! <3 🙂 Woohooo!Then: Here is what I do .... the recommended Body weight index for normal weight is between 18.5 and 25 % ...... I am going for 22.5 % which at 5'8" is 148 lbs. If anyone else has a nerdy side, likes to approach it with math and needs a link to calculate what you want to create: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
Curiosity: How is everyone dealing with the extra skin issue? Especially those of us over 50? Help please?
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Thank you! Oh the skin. Badge of honor in my opinion. Is it pretty? No. But I’m proud of how far of come. BUT, I’ll never say never about a tummy tuck.😂😂
 
Approach said:
OMG. I was just typing the same question!

Fyi, before you decide on a weight-- consider DOSE. Ie, how soon will you max out on your GLP? For ex, in a perfect world, one would have a maintenance dose of up to 50%. RETA maxes out at 12mg dose. So, ideally 6mg or less would be an ideal maintenance dose. This way, in the future (years from now), if you need to increase the dose, you are still well below 12mg. However, if you are already at 10mg now- you will be maxed out as soon as 1 or 2 years perhaps. Otherwise, after that, you may be forced to switch to another GLP. Wouldn't it be nice to stay on your current GLP the rest of your life? (If it's working well for you.)

My weight goal is to TOUCH the Normal BMI weight range. I'm not trying to be in the middle-to-low range of it. Even if I touch it my 1 pound, psychologically I feel like I'm in the "normal" range of what my doctor recommends. If I don't meet this goal, it's ok!

Yesterday was the first time someone said: "Did you lose weight? You look nice." I've lost 50 lbs. Thus, losing 30 more lbs to reach the BMI goal may be too extreme, but I'm losing weight for personal reasons, not for other people's reactions. You've got this!
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I agree, weight loss is for you, not someone else. I understand what you’re saying about maxing out on the peptide that’s working. I still have some room to increase my dose, but I also have been accumulating other weight loss peps to use for maintenance. I have no problem rotating them if needed. Obviously I’m not a maintenance just yet but I’m determined to keep the weight off with my stash.😜
 
Cavalier said:
Im a 51m, 5’11”, SW was 271 (my heaviest ever) on July 2nd, CW is 214 (3 months in) so 57lbs down. My original goal was/is 185lbs which would be 86lbs to lose which seemed insane to me. It’s been literal decades since i was even near that weight. And in reality i dont think i was that weight since about 18-20yrs old. But BMI says i should be 165-170lbs. I havent been that weight since i was like 15yrs old. So i dont think that would be healthy for me. I do think 185 is good. But if i get there and still aren’t where i need to be looks/feel wise ill adjust to 175. Don't think i can go lower than that without looking sickly. I feel 1000% better at 214 than i was at 271 and havent been this slim since 12 years ago and that only lasted a month or two before putting the weight back on. So I’m giving myself more leeway and grace going forward. My goal was to go from 271 on July 2nd to 185 by years end. And it may still happen, but i feel so much better and am going in the right direction, and since cost isnt an issue anymore with buying kits, I’m not going to be too hard on myself if it doesn’t happen by years end. I know ill be sub 200 at the very least by then and that in itself is huge! Im also in the process of buying a house in another state and then having to pack all my shit and move and get settled into a new life is stressful enough and know things aren’t going to go as smoothly the next couple months. So I’m giving myself some room to mess up and to slow the weight loss some until i get moved which will probably be around years end. Then i can buckle down again and go the rest of the way. But i hope everyone here gets to where they are happy and healthy. Good luck all!
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Congrats on your success so far! As well as your upcoming move. You’ll figure it out as you lose. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
 
Goal 1: 199 COMPLETE
Goal 2: Weigh what my drivers license says I weigh (18lbs to go)
Goal 3: optimum health and fitness goals only. After I reach my DL Weight I'll switch to goals like improved speeds/distance/stamina, new PR with weights, doing a handstand in my yoga class, etc.
 
tangoecho311 said:
Goal 1: 199 COMPLETE
Goal 2: Weigh what my drivers license says I weigh (18lbs to go)
Goal 3: optimum health and fitness goals only. After I reach my DL Weight I'll switch to goals like improved speeds/distance/stamina, new PR with weights, doing a handstand in my yoga class, etc.
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I’m so glad my drivers license doesn’t have the weight on it. Congrats on your progress to date!
 
I’m not really sure what weight I want to be. 15 years ago, I ate relatively clean and worked out regularly. I had a body fat percentage of 25 and wore a size 4-6 pants. My trainer and I focused on body fat instead of weight, so I’m not really sure what my weight was. I vaguely remember 135-ish but still had a bit of chunk. In my 20s, I was 115-120. I’m 5’3”.

I bought a scale that includes body fat and when it arrives, I expect it to say something around 36%. I’m currently 168 and a very tight, stuffed sausage size 10 in stretchy pants.

I go up a pound a day or so after a heavy lifting session, so I’m cognizant that lifting is going to make my weight fluctuate. The scale number can easily cause me anxiety. So I’d prefer to focus more on inches.

I still have some size 6 pants. That’s my goal.
 
MrsRoper_1977 said:
After all this time this is my first thread to start. But because of a goal I reached today I wanted to ask you all this.

So how are you deciding on your goal weight?

For myself, I initially wanted to weigh less than 200 and be in “onderland.” Well that wasn’t enough. Then I wanted to get out of the obese category on the BMI chart. I wanted to have a 100-pound loss. Ok, so I’ve met all of these.

Well my most recent goal was to weigh less than my husband (he’s not overweight). Guess what?! I met that goal today.

So now I can’t decide on my final goal. I’m 16 pounds from my wedding weight 34 years ago. Sounds like my next goal.

But my final goal, is that it? Do you pick a number that sounds good or do you wait and see where your body naturally stops? Just curious on your thought process of deciding. TIA.
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Hi and I think it’s a similar trajectory
MrsRoper_1977 said:
After all this time this is my first thread to start. But because of a goal I reached today I wanted to ask you all this.

So how are you deciding on your goal weight?

For myself, I initially wanted to weigh less than 200 and be in “onderland.” Well that wasn’t enough. Then I wanted to get out of the obese category on the BMI chart. I wanted to have a 100-pound loss. Ok, so I’ve met all of these.

Well my most recent goal was to weigh less than my husband (he’s not overweight). Guess what?! I met that goal today.

So now I can’t decide on my final goal. I’m 16 pounds from my wedding weight 34 years ago. Sounds like my next goal.

But my final goal, is that it? Do you pick a number that sounds good or do you wait and see where your body naturally stops? Just curious on your thought process of deciding. TIA.
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Hi! Great question. I think it’s a very similar trajectory for most of us over time. I followed your same thought process. With the attainment of each goal comes a new goal. Once we finally reach a normal weight, which is highly subjective in and of itself, we continue to have new goals such as body fat percentage, muscle mass, etc. This is a unique journey for each of us. Congrats on your success!!! You are rocking this!
 
MrsRoper_1977 said:
After all this time this is my first thread to start. But because of a goal I reached today I wanted to ask you all this.

So how are you deciding on your goal weight?

For myself, I initially wanted to weigh less than 200 and be in “onderland.” Well that wasn’t enough. Then I wanted to get out of the obese category on the BMI chart. I wanted to have a 100-pound loss. Ok, so I’ve met all of these.

Well my most recent goal was to weigh less than my husband (he’s not overweight). Guess what?! I met that goal today.

So now I can’t decide on my final goal. I’m 16 pounds from my wedding weight 34 years ago. Sounds like my next goal.

But my final goal, is that it? Do you pick a number that sounds good or do you wait and see where your body naturally stops? Just curious on your thought process of deciding. TIA.
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Hi and I think it’s a similar trajectory
MrsRoper_1977 said:
After all this time this is my first thread to start. But because of a goal I reached today I wanted to ask you all this.

So how are you deciding on your goal weight?

For myself, I initially wanted to weigh less than 200 and be in “onderland.” Well that wasn’t enough. Then I wanted to get out of the obese category on the BMI chart. I wanted to have a 100-pound loss. Ok, so I’ve met all of these.

Well my most recent goal was to weigh less than my husband (he’s not overweight). Guess what?! I met that goal today.

So now I can’t decide on my final goal. I’m 16 pounds from my wedding weight 34 years ago. Sounds like my next goal.

But my final goal, is that it? Do you pick a number that sounds good or do you wait and see where your body naturally stops? Just curious on your thought process of deciding. TIA.
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Hi! Great question. I think it’s a very similar trajectory for most of us over time. I followed your same thought process. With the attainment of goal comes a new goal. Once we finally reach a normal weight, which is highly subjective in and of itself, we continue to have new goals such as body fat percentage, muscle mass, etc. This is a unique journey for each of us. Congrats on your success!!! You are rocking this!
 
I wanted to get back to my set weight (before my health issues) which was 127, so about 22 pounds to lose. And then once I hit that I decided the goal was 122 (about the skinniest I'd ever been as an adult). And then I hit that and was surprised at how much stomach fat was still left (all of my fat is on my torso). So I started working again toward about 118. I've been in maintenance / tapering down since April but am slowly continuing to lose weight - I'm down to about 114-115 right now. I don't intend to lose any more. I actually touched 111.8 in late September when I had a cold and wasn't eating much. I was shocked.

My stomach is still my problem area but annoyingly you can now start to see my sternum bones a little bit. So I'm definitely VERY skinny in some areas and still not skinny enough in others. I am surprised that my body still looks a lot like it used to, but just smaller. I do weight training and I've added ballet in twice per week, but I don't think I'll ever feel comfortable in a two piece swimsuit, which is frustrating. I feel like I'd have to be 100 pounds before my stomach fat truly disappeared - and I would look skeletal everywhere else.

I am less concerned about the scale now and more about recomposition.
 
AJ3118 said:
I wanted to get back to my set weight (before my health issues) which was 127, so about 22 pounds to lose. And then once I hit that I decided the goal was 122 (about the skinniest I'd ever been as an adult). And then I hit that and was surprised at how much stomach fat was still left (all of my fat is on my torso). So I started working again toward about 118. I've been in maintenance / tapering down since April but am slowly continuing to lose weight - I'm down to about 114-115 right now. I don't intend to lose any more. I actually touched 111.8 in late September when I had a cold and wasn't eating much. I was shocked.

My stomach is still my problem area but annoyingly you can now start to see my sternum bones a little bit. So I'm definitely VERY skinny in some areas and still not skinny enough in others. I am surprised that my body still looks a lot like it used to, but just smaller. I do weight training and I've added ballet in twice per week, but I don't think I'll ever feel comfortable in a two piece swimsuit, which is frustrating. I feel like I'd have to be 100 pounds before my stomach fat truly disappeared - and I would look skeletal everywhere else.

I am less concerned about the scale now and more about recomposition.
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Wow! Congratulations on your success! I totally understand the stomach problem area. It’s mine too plus the loose skin. Spanx is my friend.😜
 
wtgwd said:
I do small goals, hit that one then make new ones. I was getting too discouraged looking at such a long distance so I shortened it up. I really have no idea what my final goal will be, somewhere between 140-180, a broad range I know. I have been comparing losses to everyday items. Lose a small bag of dog food, lose a 4yr old grandson's weight- I can not image carrying him around all day at Disney but I was technically and so much more. I lift him up and just have a hard time fathoming the weight gone from my body and how much lighter I feel. My next goal is a large bag of chicken feed (50lb), then a bale of hay (75lb). Maybe a silly way of doing it but the concreteness of seeing the amount gone for good really motivates me.
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I find this so effective too! I look at our 40lb bag of litter and I think geesh, I was literally carrying One and half of those bags around, all day, every day. It hits different, ya know?
I like the small goals too!
 
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My goal weight is about 140-150lbs. I started at 250, currently at 242 since I'm hardly a month in (I know I'm an infant). I chose this goal because like...I have pics of myself from when I was in that weight range and I loved how I looked. I also cater to the "big boobs, big ass, small waist" area of OF (no judgements please) so I wanna keep maintaining that. Luckily for me I have a natural hourglass shape. I'm just trying to feel more comfortable in my skin. Right now with how everything is going, I'm big chillin.
 
Lazerteeth1 said:
My goal weight is about 140-150lbs. I started at 250, currently at 242 since I'm hardly a month in (I know I'm an infant). I chose this goal because like...I have pics of myself from when I was in that weight range and I loved how I looked. I also cater to the "big boobs, big ass, small waist" area of OF (no judgements please) so I wanna keep maintaining that. Luckily for me I have a natural hourglass shape. I'm just trying to feel more comfortable in my skin. Right now with how everything is going, I'm big chillin.
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Welcome! You’ve got this.
 
Lazerteeth1 said:
Thank you!! I'm pretty hype about it. Family is giving me grief about tirz but like...idk man not seeing the harm in it. Its working. I feel better. I have more energy.
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Don’t let them give you grief. If we don’t advocate for our own health, who will?
You can’t help anyone with anything, especially your family, if you, yourself, are not healthy. People have forgotten this, I feel like….
I had the same thing at first, but I figured out slowly that people are just misinformed about SO much of this and they don’t really understand how it all works, so they immediately think, not healthy! The people that do not struggle with this will never understand, and that is okay!
I am the healthiest I have been in yeaaars & that is not even touching the mental health aspect of it, which is huge! You got this, you do you!! 😊
 
Kelso37 said:
Don’t let them give you grief. If we don’t advocate for our own health, who will?
You can’t help anyone with anything, especially your family, if you, yourself, are not healthy. People have forgotten this, I feel like….
I had the same thing at first, but I figured out slowly that people are just misinformed about SO much of this and they don’t really understand how it all works, so they immediately think, not healthy! The people that do not struggle with this will never understand, and that is okay!
I am the healthiest I have been in yeaaars & that is not even touching the mental health aspect of it, which is huge! You got this, you do you!! 😊
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Thank you so much. I'm very lucky to have found this forum. I also got lucky because my partner has been very supportive in this as well. My family, though they mean well, are just very uninformed and don't see anything wrong with me or my weight. Cute sentiment and all but I live in Philly. Gotta make sure I'm fit to go up and down all these damn stairs and gotta be ready to fight a random on the streets at any point lol
 
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Thank you so much. I'm very lucky to have found this forum. I also got lucky because my partner has been very supportive in this as well. My family, though they mean well, are just very uninformed and don't see anything wrong with me or my weight. Cute sentiment and all but I like in Philly. Gotta make sure I'm fit to go up and down all these damn stairs and gotta be ready to fight a random on the streets at any point lol
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I know, it is a conundrum isn’t? My husband always says he loves me just the way I am and my family too.
I never had too much problems with weight until after my dad passed seven years ago and I put on so much weight, so fast, it was confusing! I wasn’t eating much, and nothing, I mean nothing worked to get it off. And omg everything was just so hard! I hit a breaking point, and I begged my doctor for anything. So started on Brand Saxenda and then eventually made my way here. I know now, that I absolutely had a metabolic disorder or something like that going on, because at first the weight just fell off and a lot of my GI issues disappeared! I have been plateaued for a long time, but I don’t care, I am SO much happier, I have energy, I am not sad all the time, confused, etc etc. It is all worth it, to be pretty close to being back to being me, the me that I know, no matter how much my peeps love me, just the way I am. (and dammit, I am lucky, they do really love me) 🥹
 
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